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For anyone interested, Dish just turned on HD feeds of IFC, WE and Fuse.

Cool, more HD is always a good thing. I occasionally will find myself watching something on IFC.

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Of these... I was looking forward to IFC and Sundance... I haven't looked, but wonder why Sundance isn't HD yet? I know it was part of an uplink a couple of weeks back, so we assumed it was in testing... so I was expecting four HD channels not just the 3.

For Chicago locals viewers there's great news. WTTW, our main PBS station, is showing HD in my guide this morning. Long overdue so thank you DISH.

Chicago locals went dark last night at the end of Letterman for scheduled maintenance. Not happy that due to Letterman's usual overrun of his time slot they cut off Buddy Guy less than a minute after he began playing, but that's not really DISH's fault.

Not sure what other locals switched to HD. WCIU is shown as HD but I can't recall whether it was before.

Of these... I was looking forward to IFC and Sundance... I haven't looked, but wonder why Sundance isn't HD yet? I know it was part of an uplink a couple of weeks back, so we assumed it was in testing... so I was expecting four HD channels not just the 3.

Still, more is better!

Sundance HD is coming. I would look for it towards the middle of February .

Not sure what other locals switched to HD. WCIU is shown as HD but I can't recall whether it was before.

WCIU WAS already in HD for sometime now...Other Chicago locals just now switched to HD include WYIN-PBS, as well as the 3 full-power Spanish channels 44, 60 & 66.I'm surprised they didn't also switch WYCC to HD as well...considering D* carries them in HD already.

(interestingly, D* does NOT carry WYIN-56 in HD, but instead carries subchannel 56.3 Lakeshore Kids - presumably, this is what the station elected in lieu of the primary channel ONLY in HD)